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Bela
Asked: 2014-04-28 18:28:16 +0800 CST

I'm not sure where to find my flash drive

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When I plugged in my brand new flash drive, it didn't pop up or show up in the computer tap in files. How do I find the flash drive so I can access it and its files. Is there something I have to do in the terminal, or is it a simple setting change. please help. Thanks!!

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2 Answers

  1. On a normal vanilla Trusty Tahr install, your system should auto-mount a USB flash device and add an Icon to the left hand tray in Unity.

    You can also press super/windows key, and search for the "Files" application, which should show you all the files in the current directory, and on the left hand side show all storage devices, including any mounted USB or removable devices.

    Finally, you could open a command prompt/terminal and run the command mount and review all of the storage devices listed. This may appear cryptic and depending on your experience level, you may not recognize the device in the list if it is there.

    Usually, removable devices are mounted in the path /media/<device name>/ or possibly /media/<your-user-name>/<device name>

    === Edit ==== The Disks utility will also display all attached storage, whether it is in a readable/writable state or not, so long as the OS recognizes it as storage.a

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  2. After reformatting a flash drive using the file app, it must be remounted before it can be used. Reformatting leaves it in an unmounted state. The fix:

    unplug the device and plug it back in to automount the device.

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